GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| concentric | having a common center |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |